December 21, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on upgrading JSC "Bank DOM.RF" to A+(RU), outlook Positive (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/2255; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1846).
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Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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The credit rating is solicited, and JSC "Bank DOM.RF" participated in its assignment.
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The credit rating is unsolicited, and JSC "Bank DOM.RF" participated in its assignment.
November 30, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming A-(RU) to the Ryazan Region, outlook Stable (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/2030, https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1640).
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Section “Key rating assessment factors”
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As of August 1, 2020, the volume of balances on budget and deposit accounts amounted to RUB 5.2 bln. The volume of balances is 1.07x higher than average monthly expenses for 6M 2020 (in addition, balances cover 27% of public debt).
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As of August 1, 2020, the volume of balances on budget and deposit accounts amounted to RUB 5.7 bln. The volume of balances is 1.2x higher than average monthly expenses for 7M 2020 (in addition, balances cover 30% of public debt).
September 25, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming A-(RU) to Nizhny Novgorod, outlook Stable, and A-(RU) to bond issue (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1748; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1393).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the average nominal wage was used to estimate the monetary income of the City’s population because statistical data on per capita monetary income for municipal entities was not available.
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There is no paragraph "Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies."
July 7, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning a definitive credit rating to senior and mezzanine tranches of collateralized notes issued by SPV RuSol 1 LLC (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1695; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1358).
Changes made
In the new version of the press release, the type of rated object “collateralized notes” was replaced with “structured collateralized notes.”
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A footnote was added with the full name of the issue of SPV RuSol 1 LLC.
Section “Rating components”
A footnote was added.
According to Clause 2.2 of the Decision on Issue, the recognition of Project Companies as bankrupt and the opening of bankruptcy proceedings against them leads to the occurrence of a “write-off event,” meaning the right of the noteholders to receive the nominal value of the notes depends on the occurrence or non-occurrence of project default (the full definition of default is given in the Key Concepts Used by the Analytical Credit Rating Agency within the Scope of Its Rating Activities).
Section “Issue structure”
1) Paragraph 7 has been revised in the new edition.
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Failure to fulfill the following obligations is regarded as a PFT default.
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A PFT default is regarded as (1) declaring Project Companies bankrupt and opening bankruptcy proceedings against them, which, according to the terms of the PFT, will also lead to the occurrence of a write-off event5, and (2) failure to fulfill the following obligations.
5 See Clause 9.2.2 of the Decision on the Issue.
2) Two paragraphs were added.
- As part of the rating analysis of this PFT, ACRA, along with the form of the issues’ registration as structured notes, primarily considered the structure and sources of risk that affect the probability of default and the recovery rates for these notes.
- The right of the noteholders to receive the nominal value of the notes (the outstanding part of the nominal value), indicated in Clause 9.2.2 of the Decision on the Issue, depending on the arbitration court deciding whether to declare Borrowers bankrupt fully corresponds with the standard definition of a default event, given in the Key Concepts Used by the Analytical Credit Rating Agency within the Scope of Its Rating Activities, as it accurately reflects the risks of borrower bankruptcy.
July 7, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning expected credit rating to senior and mezzanine tranches of collateralized notes to be issued by SPV RuSol 1 LLC (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1564; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1258).
Changes made
In the new version of the press release, the type of rated object “collateralized notes” was replaced with “structured collateralized notes.”
Headline
A footnote was added with the full name of the issue of SPV RuSol 1 LLC.
Section “Rating components”
A footnote was added.
According to Clause 2.2 of the Decision on Issue, the recognition of Project Companies as bankrupt and the opening of bankruptcy proceedings against them leads to the occurrence of a “write-off event,” meaning the right of the noteholders to receive the nominal value of the notes depends on the occurrence or non-occurrence of project default (the full definition of default is given in the Key Concepts Used by the Analytical Credit Rating Agency within the Scope of Its Rating Activities).
Section “Issue structure”
1) Paragraph 7 has been revised in the new edition.
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Failure to fulfill the following obligations is regarded as a PFT default.
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A PFT default is regarded as (1) declaring Project Companies bankrupt and opening bankruptcy proceedings against them, which, according to the terms of the PFT, will also lead to the occurrence of a write-off event5, and (2) failure to fulfill the following obligations.
5 See Clause 9.2.2 of the Decision on the Issue.
2) Two paragraphs were added.
- As part of the rating analysis of this PFT, ACRA, along with the form of the issues’ registration as structured notes, primarily considered the structure and sources of risk that affect the probability of default and the recovery rates for these notes.
- The right of the noteholders to receive the nominal value of the notes (the outstanding part of the nominal value), indicated in Clause 9.2.2 of the Decision on the Issue, depending on the arbitration court deciding whether to declare Borrowers bankrupt fully corresponds with the standard definition of a default event, given in the Key Concepts Used by the Analytical Credit Rating Agency within the Scope of Its Rating Activities, as it accurately reflects the risks of borrower bankruptcy.
3) Paragraph 9 has been revised in the new edition.
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Additional credit support is provided to the notes by a debt service reserve fund (DSRF) created by the Issuer and held on its pledge account at PJSC Sovcombank (A+(RU), outlook Stable), which matches the size of coupon payments for the class A and C notes and is subject to subsequent amortization by the Issuer throughout the life of the PFT.
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Additional credit support is provided to the notes by a debt service reserve fund (DSRF) created by the Issuer and held on its pledge account at PJSC Sovcombank (A+(RU), outlook Stable), which matches the size of coupon payments for the class A and B notes and is subject to subsequent amortization by the Issuer throughout the life of the PFT.
June 26, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming AAA(RU) to OOO HSBC Bank (RR), outlook Stable (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1383; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1088).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies. ACRA added one notch up to its assessment of the "funding" sub-factor, because the risks of low diversification of the Bank's liabilities arising out of the high share of corporate funds were taken into account in its assessment of the concentration on the funds of the largest creditors/depositors.
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There is no paragraph "Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies."
June 4, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming AAA(RU) to PJSC RusHydro, outlook Stable, and AAA(RU) to bond issues (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1277; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/998).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the industry profile factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range specified in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the industry profile factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range specified in the methodology, as PJSC RusHydro manages the diversified energy sector of the Far East.
June 4, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning AAA(RU) to Russian Post, outlook Stable (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/696; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/478).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the 'profitability' factor has been assessed not in line with the assessment range set forth in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the 'profitability' factor has been assessed not in line with the assessment range set forth in the methodology. This deviation was due to the specifics of providing postal services.
June 4, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming AAA(RU) to Russian Post, outlook Stable, and AAA(RU) to bonds (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1187; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/904).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the 'profitability' factor has been assessed not in line with the assessment range set forth in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the 'profitability' factor has been assessed not in line with the assessment range set forth in the methodology. This deviation was due to the specifics of providing postal services.
June 3, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming AAA(RU) outlook Stable to PJSC MOESK and assigning AAA(RU) to bond (RU000A100AD8) issued by PJSC MOESK (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1249; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/971).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the "company size" factor was assessed with the deviation from the assessment range set forth in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the "company size" factor was assessed with the deviation from the assessment range set forth in the methodology. This deviation was due to the fact that PJSC MOESK is the largest regional power grid company.
June 3, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning AAA(RU) outlook Stable to PJSC MOESK (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/769; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/547).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the "company size" factor was assessed with the deviation from the assessment range set forth in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the "company size" factor was assessed with the deviation from the assessment range set forth in the methodology. This deviation was due to the fact that PJSC MOESK is the largest regional power grid company.
June 2, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on affirming A+(RU) to DME Limited, outlook Negative, and affirming A+(RU) to bond (RU000A0ZYM21) issued by Domodedovo Fuel Facilities Ltd. (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/994; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/732).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the profitability factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range as specified in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the profitability factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range as specified in the methodology as a result of a comparison with a group of comparable companies.
June 2, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on downgrading the credit rating of DME Limited to A(RU), outlook Stable, and downgrading bond (RU000A0ZYM21) issued by Domodedovo Fuel Facilities Ltd. to A(RU) (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1289; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1008).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the profitability factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range as specified in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the profitability factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range as specified in the methodology as a result of a comparison with a group of comparable companies.
June 1, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning BB+(RU) outlook Stable to KORTROS LLC. (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/975; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/715).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the resulting credit rating was determined not in line with the Methodology for Analyzing Member Company Relationships Within Corporate Groups.
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Disclosure of deviations from the approved methodologies: the resulting credit rating was determined not in line with the Methodology for Analyzing Member Company Relationships Within Corporate Groups. The level of support was assessed as it would be for a non-formalized group due to a lack of information in determining the credit rating of the supporting organization.
June 1, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning BBB-(RU) outlook Stable to “RZD Trading Company” JSC (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1051; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/780).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the geographical diversification factor was assessed with a deviation from the assessment range as specified in the methodology.
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Disclosure of deviations from approved methodologies: the “geographical diversification” factor was assessed with a deviation from the range of assessments specified in the methodology, as the Group’s serviced companies operate in almost all regions of the Russian Federation and the Company’s activities are completely dictated by the Group's policy, which currently does not include export operations.
May 27, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning АA(RU) to series BO-002P-01 (ISIN RU000A101HJ8) bond issued by PJSC Magnit (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1703; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1367).
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Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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ACRA provided additional services to PJSC Magnit.
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ACRA provided no additional services to PJSC Magnit.
May 27, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigning АA(RU) to series BO-002P-02 (ISIN RU000A101MC3) bond issued by PJSC Magnit (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1788; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1428).
Changes made
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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ACRA provided additional services to PJSC Magnit.
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ACRA provided no additional services to PJSC Magnit.
February 10, 2020
ACRA (JSC) announces changes to the previously published press release on assigns ААA(RU) to RU000A1018M7 bond issued by Limited liability company “Special Organization for Project Finance Factory of Project Finance” (https://www.acra-ratings.com/press-releases/1656; https://www.acra-ratings.com/about/news/1326).
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The header on the first page of the PDF file
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STRUCTURED FINANCE
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OTHER NON-BANKING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Section “Regulatory Disclosure”
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The credit rating has been assigned under the national scale for the Russian Federation based on the Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Structured Finance Instruments and Obligations under the National Scale for the Russian Federation and the Key Concepts Used by the Analytical Credit Rating Agency Within the Scope of Its Rating Activities.
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The credit rating has been assigned under the national scale for the Russian Federation based on the Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Structured Finance Instruments and Obligations under the National Scale for the Russian Federation, the Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Individual Issues of Financial Instruments under the National Scale for the Russian Federation, and the Key Concepts Used by the Analytical Credit Rating Agency Within the Scope of Its Rating Activities.
